Uploaded: 31 March 2012 Created by: PRI Public Radio International Length: 40min 42sec

What are the virtues of our vices? Australian psychologist Simon Laham challenges the notion the Seven Deadly Sins are bad for us. Professor of Philosophy Emrys Westacott mounts a defence of rudeness, gossip and other bad habits. Indian historian Urvashi Butalia explains why she believes Hinduism blurs the notion of vice and virtue, and instead emphasises the idea of what is good for you. Media ID: 4f7765ec29b6d